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Striking out in Hong Kong

A journalist’s success story Striking out in Hong Kong By Leo A. Deocadiz The consul general is speaking in the anniversary program of a door-to-door cargo company in Chater Garden, a park in Hong Kong’s Central district. She reiterates the consulate’s commitment to serve the Filipino community. And then...

Editor’s Note: Living in a Familiar Time

The end of Proclamation 1017 did not bring about the end of the war between media and the Arroyo administration. If at all, it saw the beginning of a new period of distrust, a certainty among journalists that this leadership is up to no good in matters where media...

Speaking of Media

Who’s afraid of media? “Even though 1017 has been lifted, the war with the media continues. The administration is now focusing on specified action involving charges of inciting to sedition against journalists who continue to be critical. “The war of attrition has just begun.” – Amando Doronila, Philippine Daily...

Monitors

Rumors of a plot to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from Malacañang were again rife in February and March. Malacañang gave credence to the talk as it cited the alleged conspiracy among the elements of the opposition, the extreme Left, and the extreme Right to bring down the Arroyo...

Bearers of Good Tidings – Website seeks to balance ‘bad’ news in media

Website seeks to balance ‘bad’ news in media Bearers of Good Tidings By Venus L. Elumbre Everyday, Filipinos are fed with news that are mostly about crime, war, corruption, and violence. It is the stuff that ordinary Pinoys have for breakfast and late dinner as they tune in to...

An Uneasy Peace: Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion

Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion An Uneasy Peace By Nathan J. Lee More than a month after Presidential Proclamation 1017 was lifted, journalists remain restive and worried. “Things have gotten more tense for the media despite the lifting of 1017 because of the series...

Déjà vu Over EO 511

An Arroyo order triggers alarming memories of a media clampdown Déjà vu Over EO 511 By Hector Bryant L. Macale Is Gloria doing an Erap by issuing Executive Order no. 511? On March 6, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed EO 511, setting up a new communications group that would...

The Tale of the (Missing) Tape

By Hector Bryant L. Macale On March 10, Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor said that television station ABC-5 had a taped interview with Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim announcing his withdrawal of support from the administration. The interview supposedly took place on Feb. 23, the eve of the 20th...

REVIEW: REVIEW: Palace Documentary justifies PP1017

REVIEW: Palace Documentary justifies PP1017 SEEING TREASON n By Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas The movie Good Night and Good Luck (2005) showcased what many consider as television journalism’s finest moments when American broadcast journalist Edward Murrow and his team took head-on the Terror known as McCarthyism or the Red...

Chronicle

CMFR and Article 19 book on Philippine press out The London-based Article 19, an international human rights organization campaigning for free expression and information around the world, has just released a series of baseline studies on the state of press freedom in seven Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines....